Shaft-coupling.



wr TNEEEEE PATENTED JULY 28, 1908. A. HITOHON.

v SHAFT-COUPLING. [APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1907v In? .1 o

IN YENTUR at (Jlayton-Mano r; Olayton-le Dale; county fing therequired flexibility for balancing, and {for longitudinalfladjustment of the drums. A further object of my invention isto pro-- n'ovel construction of a coupling for flexibly "securing and .rotatably-supportlng the ends jacent ends of two spindle driving drums proone of the coupling shafts showing thetransverse lug. Flg. 3 -is an enlarged detail side ling shafts, cthe bearing,,d dthe'drum .end

in whic means are-provided forself lu rication, thereby obtaining a cushioning effect between the interlocking endstof ,the'coupspindle driving drums of a spinning machine;

,disk 6 on lhe beari'n' c has the su porting arm 10' UNITED} smegma-m orrrciz.

' ALFRED HITOHON, or cLAYToN'nA oncLAY'ronrLnnALE, ENGLAND.

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, A plication area May-10, 190.11. Serial No 372,962

To all whcm it may coacrn:

Be it known that I, A rnnnHrrcnon fa' subyect of the King of Great Britain, residing of Lancaster, Englandyflha've invented a new and useful Improvement in shaftCouplings, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has reference to h an in} doubling and winding frames.

.T e objectlof'my inventionis to improve the construction of s innin'g'machines whereby the coupling of t e spindle driving drums is facilitated,- and means are provided forgiv vide a s machine with drum con l ngs lings and preventing we'aron the same, My invention consists in the peculiar and hereinafter andclaimed.

of the ad- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation vided with my improved shaft couplinga'nd bearing' :Fig. -2 is an enlarged face view of view of the shaft end havingjthe' transverse lug. Fig. 4 is an enlarg'led detailside view of the opposite cou ling s verse slot, and 'g. is a face view of the shaft, showing thetransverse slot; 1 In the drawings,-a and bindicate the coupblocks, e e the clamping and f f the t The coupling shaft ahas onits 'outerend' a" te face of which is acentral trans; verse lug 7 and, the cou ling shaft 6 has on its outer end a correspon ing disk 8 in thefacej of which is a central-transverse slot 9 for the by which the 'earing ,is rigi y secured to the I v frame of-the machine (not' shown), a central pecifieation of iietters Patent.

secured to the. coupling shafts a and a laim asnew .r'atent a' July 2e,-1-9oe.

shaped to" conform to the bearing 0 to'which it is detachablysecured. w I Theendblocks ,d (1. re each secured inthe the Gand 8 on thecoupling shafts a and -"b,-and a cap 12having an'oil hole 13 and K ends ofthe'd um lff Each block d hasa central boss 14 in which is a hole for the coupling'shafts a or band a lona itudinal sawed slit 15, as shownin broken ines .in Fig. 1.

' The couplingcoll'ars e e are adapted to go over" the bosses 14 to which theyare attached by a pin 16 and the bosses contracted vonto the coupling. shafts a and b by turning .a bolt '17 which isscrew-threaded through the collars e ea'nd bears on' the bosses-14 14, as shownin Fi '3' v. When assembled the drums'ff arerigidly.

.11 throughthe clamping rin s e e, thedisks 6 and 8 on the coup through the lug 7 on the disk fientering the ng sha ts are interlocked slot $3 in the disk 8, the drums are held from lon tu dinal'movement by the. disks 6 and 8 in t e oil' chamber 11 and the shafts a and 6'- held in' the bearings by the cap .12. The

drums f f may be adjusted longitudinally on thevcouplin I shafts a and I) through the iclamping co la'rs' e e and by removing the bearing caps 12 '1 Z any, separate length of drum may be'readlly removedlas"required.

for the-"sp ndle driving drums of s inning machines, the drums aredetachab y and t In the'operationof my improved coupling Oil cushion is formed between the ces of. 5;

the coupling, and wear between the'faces of I jthecoupling is-practically eliminated. aft-having the trans- 1 It 1s evident hat one. of

he coupling shafted or? could be 'ri 'dlysecuredto or" formnpartoffaublock atone end of the invention a l 'H-a ng-'thus described my invention, I

anddesire to' secure by"Letters P t t;% l

In o mbination with a pair of shafts; a

s aft.,jcoup1in composedofga disk on cr meshaft having alugxand a disk: on'fthe other shaft having a slot vtore'ceive said lfpg, a bear-. about saidv I p a I v ange arge [central part v oil chamber 11 adapted to receive andfhold inclosing eachof, saidf disks and formed with g cap secured to said bearing and formed with an oil hole, and a depending projecting from Said bearmg" an oil well which surrounds said disks and at its ends communicating with said shafts, which has its ends leading to said shafts, a and a cap for said bearin having an oil hole 15 in its top and formed with a chamber which communicates with said oil hole and into I which portions of said disks project.

':'2. In combination with a pair of shafts, a In testimony whereof I have signed my disk on one shaft having a lug and a disk on name to this specificationin the presence of 20 supporting arm the'iother shaft having a slot to-receive such two subscribing witnesses.

van enlarged ce'ntra lug, a bearing composed of a body through which said shafts pass, said bearing having part receiving said disks 2. central oil chamber into which said disks project, said chamber ALFRED HITCHON.

and having MALCOLM sMETI-IURST.

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